"Daddy"
Tao Yaoyao touched her sore knees, raised her head and glanced at the imperial study door. Seeing that there was still no movement at all, she lowered her eyes and thought.
Although she has been here not long ago, she has heard a lot about His Majesty.
This man is not a wise man, but he is extremely good-looking. I think Concubine Xian took advantage of this to let him punish her.
His Majesty is currently very angry. If she goes to see him loudly, she might not attract His Majesty's attention, but bring trouble to herself. But if she continues to kneel down like this, her knees will become useless.
At this time, Xie Lan passed by with Chang Geng, and Tao Yaoyao's eyes lit up when she saw him.
"King Dingbei, I wonder if my daughter can trouble you with something?" This was the first time in the few days since they had known each other that she was looking forward to his response. However, what awaited was still a cold rejection.
"cannot."
Xie Lan didn't even look at her. When she finished speaking, she was already a few steps away.
If Tao Yaoyao wanted to say something else, he found that the distance between the two was getting farther and farther. If he wanted to say anything else, he could only shout to the ground.
But once her voice gets louder, it will definitely alarm the people in the hall.
Forget it, if you wait a little longer, it will get dark soon. She doesn't believe that His Majesty can stay out all this time.
"You unfilial daughter, tell me, what good things have you done again."
Tao Shi'an knelt next to her and glared at her fiercely. The biting cold wind howled by, but Tao Yaoyao felt that his eyes were a bit colder than the biting cold wind.
I don't know if Eunuch Liu did it on purpose. The marble road ahead was flat, but when he asked her to kneel down just now, he deliberately made her retreat to this cobblestone road.
In this place, let alone kneeling, even walking on weekdays makes my feet feel numb.
It hurts.
If I had known earlier, I would not have been impulsive today. In fact, it is not impossible to break off the engagement in a few days.
In the royal study, Xie Lan explained carefully what he had found out, and then His Majesty said he understood, and then sent someone to send him away.
Eight years ago, when the man in front of him indiscriminately sent his mother into the cold palace, he already knew how cruel he was. But now that he was facing his incompetence again, Xie Lan still couldn't make himself face it calmly.
"My father didn't seem surprised at all when he saw these evidences. How can a person show such a calm face in this world? Apart from knowing about it in advance, I can't think of any other explanation."
"Presumptuous." His Majesty picked up the book in his hand and threw it at Xie Lan. "Have I ever told you that there is no need to investigate this matter further? Why don't you listen?"
At first, if Xie Lan and the ministers had not submitted a letter together, forcing him to have no choice but to order him to investigate the case, but he also approached him afterwards and even repeatedly told him not to interfere with the matter anymore. Unexpectedly, he not only resisted the order Disrespectful, I found so many.
"You and your queen mother are really becoming more and more alike. You all want to make me angry to death, don't you?"
"I was so blind back then, why didn't I kill you all?"
In this world, there are parents who would say such vicious words in front of their children, but the person in front of me said such words eight years ago.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the imperial study became more and more solemn, the palace servants knelt on the ground and tried to reduce their presence, for fear of losing their lives accidentally.
"Is it really because my father is soft-hearted that he didn't kill us, mother and son? Isn't it because of the pressure from his courtiers that he didn't touch us?"
Xie Lan had long wanted to say these words.
He is no longer the same person he was eight years ago. What's more, if you just tolerate it, what will you get in the end? It's just someone else's exaggeration.
"Your Majesty, hurry up and try the plum blossom cake made by my concubine."
At this time, a woman in pink clothes walked in directly carrying a food box. The moment she came in, His Majesty immediately put on a gentle smile, as if he was worried that he would scare the woman in front of him later.
Xie Lan has seen such scenes countless times since he was a child, and now he has become numb.
But I still find it ridiculous.
"King Dingbei is here too. Would you like to try the plum blossom cake made by my concubine?"
The visitor was Beauty Wang, a woman whom His Majesty rescued on his way to the Imperial Mausoleum to worship his ancestors ten years ago. His Majesty fell in love with her at first sight, and after learning that both of Beauty Wang’s parents had passed away, he took her to the palace and stayed with her for ten years. .
Beauty Wang has a son and a daughter, and everyone is willing to give birth to a child that His Majesty will love her extremely. But on the contrary, His Majesty's favorite prince is the third prince born to Concubine Xian.
Therefore, everyone felt that the third prince was the most likely person to inherit the throne.
Xie Lan stood there, looking at the two of them with a sneer. When His Majesty saw that he didn't accept the pastries handed out by Wang Meiren, he became angry again and said, "There are no rules. If you don't want to eat, get out."
It was completely dark when Xie Lan left the imperial study. Tao Yaoyao's legs were numb when she was kneeling, but Eunuch Liu kept watching, so she couldn't be lazy.
She finally waited until Xie Lan came out and was about to rub him again when she saw Xie Lan falling in front of her.
"Hey, don't faint."
Tao Yaoyao had a doctor's instinct. When Xie Lan fell, she wanted to rush over and help him, but her knees were so painful that she couldn't stand up several times.
Fortunately, Chang Geng took action in time and protected him before he fell.
"Please Miss Tao, please help my master take a look."
Tao Yaoyao originally wanted to refuse, but then she thought that this was her only chance to get up. If she missed it, she wouldn't know how long she would have to kneel down.
So she stood up holding on to the ground.
"I've told him a long time ago that with his current symptoms, he is most afraid of getting angry."
After Tao Yaoyao felt his pulse, he told Chang Geng, "Send him back to his dormitory. I will give him acupuncture. Also, find someone to carry me."
Every step she took now was painful. The palace was so big, and it would be late at night by the time she moved to Xie Lan's bedroom, so she thought of a way.
Eunuch Liu stood aside. He had been silent just now, but when Tao Yaoyao was about to leave with Xie Lan, he immediately stepped forward to stop him, "Miss Tao, it's enough for King Dingbei to have an imperial doctor for his illness. You still have to be here at the moment." Wait here for His Majesty’s call.”
Tao Yaoyao turned to glare at him, "King Dingbei, as a prince, went to the border for eight years for the sake of the people of Jingguo to live and work in peace and contentment. Look at these old wounds on his body, which one is not fatal?
Faced with such a hero, what Eunuch Liu thought was that his majesty would blame this lady for rescuing him.
Eunuch Liu, you see clearly that King Dingbei is His Majesty’s only legitimate son and a hero praised by everyone in Jingguo. If he loses his life today because of your obstruction, will you bear this responsibility?
Also, by blocking me like this, are you telling everyone that His Majesty would rather decree the death of King Bei than summon me at this time? "
